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[RetSet]

ROTWILD GT S - Rotwild

That's a mountain bike.

Also known as a BSO, or Bicycle Shaped Object.

HTH.

[BR14]

I promised the nice VAT man I wouldn't use it for pleasure...

Fly to and from Brussels then.
nobody would consider visiting Brussels a pleasure.
<except Assguru>

[Mordac]

Nope.There will be a GPS device that tells them how many miles you have covered. Easy. They might even use the one in your phone. So if you turn your phone off, that will reduce the number of deaths as well.

You accidentally forget to plug it in. Or you unplug it. Do you think we're all stupid or something?

[mattfx]

Don't drive. Take the private jet....

The contract I'm on can help you with that - we have a 4 of them sat in the hangar behind me right now

[Mordac]

Don't drive. Take the private jet....

I promised the nice VAT man I wouldn't use it for pleasure...

[BrilloPad]

What if I need to visit my bank manager?

Don't drive. Take the private jet....

[Mordac]

People should stay in the UK.

What if I need to visit my bank manager?

[BrilloPad]

What happens to those who use their car abroad? Pay twice? Stupid idea.

People should stay in the UK.

[Mordac]

Initially they'll just use the mileage on the MOT to send you the tax bill for the year. Now you know why they've put the MOT records online so it's already available for their tax reporting.

https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

Eventually all cars not 'classic' will be lease owned by the manufacturer and you'll just pay a weekly/monthly cost to use it. Mileage will be tracked as part of the lease and fed to the government so the tax is included in the regular charges.

Though that's too simple for the government, so they'll spend billions upgrading all the roads to 'smart' ones so they can track number plates and charge toll fees.

What happens to those who use their car abroad? Pay twice? Stupid idea.

[TheFaQQer]

Initially they'll just use the mileage on the MOT to send you the tax bill for the year. Now you know why they've put the MOT records online so it's already available for their tax reporting.

I like that idea. My campervan has a broken odometer so you can only read the first two digits unless it's hot (the hotter the van gets, the more numbers show up). Despite being 18 years old, the MoT says it's done 14 miles.

Happy days if this is how it'll work

[AtW]

I wonder how easy it will be to disconnect or otherwise circumvent.

It won't be easy because they'll use explosive collars...

[Mordac]

Nope.There will be a GPS device that tells them how many miles you have covered. Easy. They might even use the one in your phone. So if you turn your phone off, that will reduce the number of deaths as well.

I wonder how easy it will be to disconnect or otherwise circumvent.

[Lance]

Initially they'll just use the mileage on the MOT to send you the tax bill for the year. Now you know why they've put the MOT records online so it's already available for their tax reporting.

https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

Eventually all cars not 'classic' will be lease owned by the manufacturer and you'll just pay a weekly/monthly cost to use it. Mileage will be tracked as part of the lease and fed to the government so the tax is included in the regular charges.

Though that's too simple for the government, so they'll spend billions upgrading all the roads to 'smart' ones so they can track number plates and charge toll fees.

sadly you may be right.

[Hobosapien]

Initially they'll just use the mileage on the MOT to send you the tax bill for the year. Now you know why they've put the MOT records online so it's already available for their tax reporting.

https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

Eventually all cars not 'classic' will be lease owned by the manufacturer and you'll just pay a weekly/monthly cost to use it. Mileage will be tracked as part of the lease and fed to the government so the tax is included in the regular charges.

Though that's too simple for the government, so they'll spend billions upgrading all the roads to 'smart' ones so they can track number plates and charge toll fees.

[BrilloPad]

Nope.There will be a GPS device that tells them how many miles you have covered. Easy. They might even use the one in your phone. So if you turn your phone off, that will reduce the number of deaths as well.

I can see speeding cases coming to court where the only evidence is phone records....